THERE will be plenty of beetling about at Stratford Butterfly Farm this half term holiday.
Visitors to the tourist hotspot can find out all about the world of beetles from May 24 until June 1.
Mark from ‘The Insect Farm’ will be at the Butterfly Farm on May 28 and May 29 from 2.30pm in the Discovery Zone.
He will be talking about beetles and showing visitors each stage of the beetle lifecycle with live specimens.
Beetles are a large, diverse group that eat nearly every kind of food. They are the largest group of insects, with over 300,000 known species of which 4,000 can be found in Britain. They vary in sizes – some are very small, and others can be large, and each has six jointed legs and three main parts to their body.
Marketing manager Jane Kendrick said, “Mark visiting over half term presents an ideal opportunity for our visitors to learn more about beetles and why we should be protecting them plus we have our mini-beast handling sessions and life-cycle demonstrations which are always popular.”
